Korean J Occup Health Nurs.  2015 Aug;24(3):173-182. 10.5807/kjohn.2015.24.3.173.

A Study on the Relationship between Upper-scale General Hospital Nurses' Experience of Verbal Abuse and Job Stress

• Oh EJ
• Kim YS

• KMID: 2043667
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5807/kjohn.2015.24.3.173

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between upper-scale general hospital nurses' experience of verbal abuse and job stress.
METHODS
Subjects were 245 nurses working at 3 upper-scale general hospitals in B city and the data were collected by convenience samples using self-reported questionnaires consist of general characteristics, verbal abuse and job stress. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe test and Pearson's correlation coefficients.
RESULTS
The mean score of verbal abuse level was 2.2 points and job stress level was 2.5 points. Experience of verbal abuse and job stress among the subjects had a positive correlation, and verbal abuse against nurses especially showed a strong correlation with job stress.
CONCLUSION
Results of this study show that nurses' experience of verbal abuse increases their job stress. Therefore, continuous education and training programs that are based on the case studies with coping method according to clinical careers and working areas are required to reduce upper-scale general hospital nurses' experience of verbal abuse and decrease their job stress.

Keyword

Verbal abuse; Job stress

MeSH Terms

Education
Hospitals, General*